Today I sudden missed my real, clay-planted, heavily tilled garden. Somehow the browning fall garden gently tinged with frost or cold is extra-special.
I've been getting little twinges of missing-the-garden and missing-my-plants, but when I walked out to the gym tonight in the chilly coldness, I could feel my old garden ground chattering to me as it cooled to a winter drowse.
How else can I explain the feeling? The Texas star hibiscus that I planted in pots this year never bloomed. They didn't have nearly enough root space.
And even though I love my little square foot garden, it isn't the same -- I put 5 years of work into that garden. Not just 5 years of work, but 5 years of struggling with the clay, of pulling that stupid Bermuda grass. Five years of finding extra-special and kinda crazy plants, of making a garden with personality. Personality from vibrant color, from varied shape, from oft haphazard design.
I wondered if I would miss the garden, but I told myself that I had released it, had let go when I handed it over to the landscapers to make it look polished for sale and market listings.
That's the trick of the land. You never know when it's going to touch you.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Saturday, November 8, 2008
SFG revue
Complete with pictures, the one, the only... Pepys' Square Foot Garden circus!!
September -- adding just a bit more dirt, setting up a wee fence to protect against the scurrilous Neighbor's Dog (idiot beast has been digging in my pots. in my pots. Vile creature.)
Early October -- after planting a whole bunch of stuff, I tacked some row cover onto the fence. I had meant to use it to make a mini greenhouse, but it's been easier to drop the row cover "roof" right on top of the plants instead of worrying about construction every time it gets cold. My broccoli is trying to grow, but the vermicious cabbage loopers are attacking it. Bacillus thuringensius (sp?) to the rescue!
Later in October. Things are growing, and I've added toilet paper rolls to support leek mounds. The little plants are radishes -- no kidding, they grow fast!
This Friday -- look at all that growth!
And after I installed my heat sink, aka San Pellegrino...
And finally, in case you want to know what a plant is or when it was planted... voila!
September -- adding just a bit more dirt, setting up a wee fence to protect against the scurrilous Neighbor's Dog (idiot beast has been digging in my pots. in my pots. Vile creature.)
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Early October -- after planting a whole bunch of stuff, I tacked some row cover onto the fence. I had meant to use it to make a mini greenhouse, but it's been easier to drop the row cover "roof" right on top of the plants instead of worrying about construction every time it gets cold. My broccoli is trying to grow, but the vermicious cabbage loopers are attacking it. Bacillus thuringensius (sp?) to the rescue!
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Later in October. Things are growing, and I've added toilet paper rolls to support leek mounds. The little plants are radishes -- no kidding, they grow fast!
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This Friday -- look at all that growth!
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And after I installed my heat sink, aka San Pellegrino...
And finally, in case you want to know what a plant is or when it was planted... voila!
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